It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Abington Street in Northampton.

[1] The station was launched at 6:45am on 16 June 1982 on 1107 AM and 96.6 FM, with Jon Beynon's programme Start the Day, the first piece of music being John Williams's Superman theme, followed by Work That Body by Diana Ross.

The 103.6 FM frequency broadcasts from a mast near the village of Geddington and covers the north and east of the county (including Kettering and Corby).

Listeners in some southwestern parts of Northamptonshire, including Brackley, cannot receive FM signals that broadcast BBC Radio Northampton.

NOW Digital expected to start broadcasting from the three transmitters at Northampton, Geddington and Daventry in September 2008, however transmissions eventually began on 28 March 2013 on DAB channel 10C.

Northants Steelbacks cricket commentators include McKechnie, Andrew Radd, Mal Loye and Phil Rowe.

Local programming is produced and broadcast from the BBC's Northampton studios from 6 am to 2 pm on Mondays to Fridays.